Monday, 16 April 2012

O for Organic

Organic products are grown using methods and materials that have a low
impact on the environment. Organic production systems replenish and maintain
soil fertility, reduce the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and
fertilizers, and build biologically diverse agriculture.

In theory I
would love to embrace all that is organic in my everyday life from the food I
eat to the clothes I wear [dubbed eco fashion!] to the cleaning and beauty
products I use. Who can argue with the fact that the use of pesticides is considered
unhealthy and hazardous to the environment and human health in general or that
we should adopt “an organic approach to a sustainable future for people and our
planet”?

Organic fruit and veg

Actually
quite a few – on the grounds of it not being possible to feed the world on
organic food alone and the higher land and labour use for food production [as
yields are smaller you have to cut down more trees, or plough up more land or
disturb more wildlife] to name but three counter arguments.

And I am an
old cynic and have images of vegetables marked organic being rubbed in mud to
make them look more authentic and then the charge doubled! Well not quite but
you know what I mean. There is certainly an expensive niche market out there –
if I start on this I have to carry it through for everything I buy...

1 comment:

My daughter saw the palm plantations first hand when she went to Borneo, they flew over them and they quite literally went on for miles, the absolute worst monoculture imaginable.thanks for sharingmartine